November 22nd, 2008 - 12:01 am ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) Promising a “radically different” economic and governance strategy if the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is voted to power at next year’s general elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party ...
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November 19th, 2008 - 6:52 pm ICT by IANS
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Mohali (Punjab), Nov 19 (IANS) Manpreet Singh, a milkman did not hesitate even once when he found a bag full of currency notes worth 300,000. He knew what had to be done. ...
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November 9th, 2008 - 12:44 pm ICT by IANS
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Dhaka, Nov 9 (IANS) Bangladesh has introduced new Taka 1000 currency notes and they are much in demand with many heading to street vendors in the capital and even paying extra money ...
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November 4th, 2008 - 6:56 pm ICT by IANS
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Mumbai, Nov 4 (IANS) Vice President M. Hamid Ansari Tuesday expressed concern over the attacks on north Indians in Maharashtra and anti-Maharashtrian backlash in some north Indian states saying the constitutional rights ...
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October 29th, 2008 - 3:13 pm ICT by IANS
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Patna, Oct 29 (IANS) A Bihar youth killed in police firing in Mumbai was cremated here amid tight security late on Diwali night.Rahul Raj, 25, a resident of the Kadamkuan neighbourhood here ...
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September 28th, 2008 - 10:34 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Sep 28 (IANS) A day after a blast in south Delhi's Mehrauli area that killed a boy and injured 22, the police here were Sunday groping in the dark for ...
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September 27th, 2008 - 1:00 pm ICT by IANS
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Dhaka, Sep 27 (IANS) The Bangladesh government has said it will look into the killing of seven militants of the Bangladesh-based banned Islamist group Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI) by soldiers in the Indian state ...
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September 26th, 2008 - 7:15 pm ICT by IANS
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Guwahati, Sep 26 (IANS) Indian soldiers soldiers Friday claimed to have foiled a major terror strike in Assam's main city of Guwahati by killing seven Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI) terrorists during a gunbattle, officials ...
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September 26th, 2008 - 3:31 pm ICT by IANS
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Guwahati, Sep 26 (IANS) Seven suspected Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI) terrorists were killed and an army officer injured Friday during a gunbattle in Assam's Dhubri district, officials said.The gunbattle took place before dawn near ...
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September 26th, 2008 - 11:37 am ICT by IANS
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Guwahati, Sep 26 (IANS) Seven terrorists were killed in a gunbattle with soldiers in Assam's western Dhubri district early Friday. A large cache of weapons and explosives, including RDX, was seized from ...
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September 22nd, 2008 - 8:29 pm ICT by ANI
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By Nazia Anjum
Bareilly,Sep.22 (ANI): A man in Bareilly is promoting Hindu-Muslim brotherhood with his unique hobby to collect currency notes bearing 786, the numerical form of Bismillah al-Rahman al-Rahim, as their ...
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September 16th, 2008 - 6:08 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Sep 16 (IANS) The body of an elderly Indian national has been found washed ashore in north Sri Lanka, authorities here said Tuesday. The body was found Sunday on the shores ...
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September 1st, 2008 - 5:57 pm ICT by IANS
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Rameshwaram (Tamil Nadu), Sep 1 (IANS) Fishermen in this port town of Tamil Nadu have complained that some buyers have been paying them in counterfeit currency even as police said investigations were ...
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August 30th, 2008 - 6:45 pm ICT by IANS
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Rampur (Uttar Pradesh), Aug 30 (IANS) Fake currency with a nominal value of Rs.200,000 was recovered with the arrest of two persons here Saturday, the police said. "Currency notes of Rs.500 ...
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August 28th, 2008 - 7:30 pm ICT by IANS
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Mumbai, Aug 28 (IANS) India's central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Thursday said Rs.500 and Rs.1,000 notes featuring old designs will be phased out, though no timeframe has been set.These ...
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August 22nd, 2008 - 3:48 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) Exactly a month ago, when some opposition politicians tossed wads of currency notes in parliament claiming they were bribed, they did not know that one of their ...
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August 18th, 2008 - 3:35 pm ICT by IANS
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Dubai, Aug 18 (IANS) Two Indians, an Iranian and a Pakistani were arrested after Dubai police busted a fake Indian currency racket in this west Asian metropolis. Police here arrested the four-member ...
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August 7th, 2008 - 9:14 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi , August 7 (ANI): Two of the three Bharatiya Janata Party MPs, who displayed bundles of currency notes in the Lok Sabha on July 22, today alleged that the ...
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August 6th, 2008 - 8:28 pm ICT by ANI
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By Jehova G
Coimbatore, Aug.6 (ANI): Over 50 participants from different parts of the country recently participated in a national numismatic exhibition which had coins dating from the first century B.C till ...
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August 4th, 2008 - 10:02 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) Two Nigerian nationals have been arrested here for duping a city-based businessman of Rs.4.6 million, the police said Monday. Ndubusi Ahiabuike alias Edward, 33, and Godswill Udochukwa ...
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August 4th, 2008 - 6:38 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) In yet another twist to the cash-for-votes scam, three allies of the ruling Congress Monday released a fresh CD purportedly showing that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ...
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August 4th, 2008 - 4:45 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) In yet another twist to the cash-for-votes scam, three allies of the ruling Congress Monday released a fresh CD showing that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had ...
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July 29th, 2008 - 11:53 am ICT by IANS
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By Devirupa Mitra
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) Unobtrusively and quietly, five young men and women have been making history in the Indian parliament for the last six months - working as its ...
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July 28th, 2008 - 9:36 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) The terror blasts in Bangalore and Ahmedabad are a "conspiracy to divert attention from the cash-for-votes scandal", Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sushma Swaraj alleged Monday and ...
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July 28th, 2008 - 8:00 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) Nearly a week after the MPs' bribery scandal rocked parliament on the day of the trust vote, there is a growing demand that the tape of the ...
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July 28th, 2008 - 7:52 am ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) Around 500 people including Right to Information (RTI) activists and various civil society groups' representatives Sunday held protests here, demanding an independent enquiry into the charges by ...
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July 27th, 2008 - 12:07 am ICT by IANS
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Amritsar, July 26 (IANS) The India-US nuclear deal should be signed at the earliest to secure the country's future energy needs, former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Saturday. "We should sign the nuclear ...
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July 26th, 2008 - 11:22 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee Saturday set up a seven-member committee to probe allegations by three Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs that they were bribed by the ...
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July 26th, 2008 - 8:14 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, July 26 (IANS)Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee Saturday set up a seven-member committee to examine claims made by three Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs that they were bribed to stay ...
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July 26th, 2008 - 6:36 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) Right to Information (RTI) activists and various civil society groups will hold a protest Sunday to demand an independent enquiry in currency notes being flaunted in parliament ...
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